10 Nov 2010

Sunny day!

Today's weather has been as beautiful as yesterday's was dreadful so I decided a little colour was called for in my photos today. I was playing around trying to find my lens's sweet spot which I think I read somewhere is usually about two stops down from wide open. As wide open on my 50mm is f/1.4 I first tried at f/1.8 but I thought that sounded a little low and it didn't work well at all. I took the photo above at f/5 after remembering Bryan Peterson's advice that on a sunny day you should meter off the blue sky and then re-compose the shot. So I did and I think his advice is sound!


The colours are changing again as autumn drifts towards winter but there are still colours out there, although of a different palette.  I'm going to try and find them, even on the yucky days. How about you?

6 comments:

  1. These are beautiful! That first one makes me feel strangely nostalgic (which makes no sense, given I grew up *far* from English countrysides!)...maybe because it captures a sense of home and landscape so well. I love that you're seizing every moment of colour and light :)

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  2. Yes, Late Autumn and Winter have muted colors - but they are still LOVELY!
    Found your blog Lisa's Chaos :)

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  3. these are lovely! It looks like you are having such fun experimenting!

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  4. Nice perspective in the second photograph

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  5. Looks like your technique worked really well Angie! These are lovely shots. I especially love the gorgeous blue sky in the first one.

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  6. Love the sky in that first one! Love the colors this time of year!!

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